History Creator / DonaldPleasence

* MissingEpisode: The Halloween episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' he hosted back in 1981 hasn't been seen on American TV since then, because of the musical guest's (a punk rock group named Music/{{Fear}}) raucous performance (which included guitar smashing and mosh pits) and all the sketches containing humor that was considered dark and disgusting at the time. Creator/{{Netflix}} had the episode on its ''Saturday Night Live: The 1980s'' collection (which has all the episodes from seasons 6[[note]]the infamous Jean Doumanian-run season and the first season to be universally considered bad by fans[[/note]] to 15[[note]]One of the show's second GoldenAge episodes, which featured the first times that frequent hosts Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/JohnGoodman, and Creator/ChristopherWalken would appear on the show[[/note]]), albeit edited down to 27 minutes (meaning most of the sketches and the notorious musical performances by Fear have been cut). Sadly, it's not there anymore.

* ''Film/PumaMan'' (1980) as Kobras

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Invoked in the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E03ThePumaman Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment]]'' of ''Film/PumaMan''; Mike and the Bots insist on referring to his character as "Donald Pleasence". This may have been partly to tease him for a role he openly admitted was an OldShame.

* OldShame: It shouldn't be surprising Donald once declared ''Film/PumaMan'' the worst movie he was ever part of.

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Invoked in the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E03PumaMan Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment]]'' of ''Film/PumaMan''; Mike and the Bots insist on referring to his character as "Donald Pleasence". This may have been partly to tease him for a role he openly admitted was an OldShame.

He was often typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, and played an iconic version of [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] in the ''Film/JamesBond'' film series. ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' changed his on-screen image to a more heroic one, although still sometimes [[GoodIsNotNice ruthless]] or [[CreepyGood creepy]].

* ''Film/{{Pumaman}}'' (1980) as Kobras

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Invoked in the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E03PumaMan Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment]]'' of ''Film/{{Pumaman}}''; Mike and the Bots insist on referring to his character as "Donald Pleasence". This may have been partly to tease him for a role he openly admitted was an OldShame.

* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Invoked in the ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E03PumaMan Mystery Science Theatre 3000 treatment]]'' of ''Film/{{Pumaman}}''; Mike and the Bots insist on referring to Donald Pleasance's character as "Donald Pleasance." This may have been partly to tease him for a role he openly admits is an OldShame.

Donald Henry Pleasence [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor who was credited in more than 200 movie and television appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. He is the all-time champion in the category BaldOfEvil.

* ''Film/ATaleOfTwoCities'' (1958) as John Barsad

* ''Film/ATaleOfTwoCities'' (1958), as John Barsad
* ''Film/LookBackInAnger'' (1959), as Hurst
* ''Film/CircusOfHorrors'' (1960), as Vanet

* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' (1963), as Colin Blythe, "The Forger"
* ''[[Film/CulDeSac1966 Cul-de-sac]]'' (1966), as George
* ''Film/FantasticVoyage'' (1966), as Dr. Michaels
* ''Film/TheHallelujahTrail'' (1965), as Oracle Jones
* ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold'' (1965), as Satan
* ''Film/EyeOfTheDevil'' (1967), as Pere Dominic
* ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' (1967), as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
* ''Film/TheNightOfTheGenerals'' (1967), as General Klaus Kahlenberge
* ''Theatre/TheMadwomanOfChaillot'' (1969), as The Prospector
* ''Film/SoldierBlue'' (1970), as Isaac Q. Cumber
* ''Film/WakeInFright'' (1971), as Clarence "Doc" Tydon
* ''Film/THX1138'' (1971), as SEN
* ''Film/DeathLine'' (1972), as Inspector Calhoun

* ''Film/TheFreakmaker'' (1974), as Professor Noller
* ''Film/FromBeyondTheGrave'' (1974), as Jim Underwood
* ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'' (1975), as Lucas Deranian
* ''Film/TheEagleHasLanded'' (1976), as Heinrich Himmler
* ''Film/OhGod'' (1977), as Dr. Harmon

* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series (1978-1995), as Dr Sam Loomis
* ''[[Film/{{Dracula 1979}} Dracula]]'' (1979), Dr. Seward
* ''Film/{{Pumaman}}'' (1980), as Kobras
* ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' (1981), as the President
* ''Film/{{Alone in the Dark|1982}}'' (1982), as Dr. Bain
* ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld'' (1983), as Prossor
* ''Film/{{Phenomena}}'' (1985), as Prof. [=McGregor=]
* ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' (1987), as a priest

* ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' (1995), as Phido the Vulture. (The version titled ''Arabian Knight'' replaced him with Eric Bogosian. His voice is still present as the few lines not done by Creator/JonathanWinters as the Thief.)

Donald Henry Pleasence [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor who was credited in over 200 movie and television appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. He is the all-time champion in the category BaldOfEvil.

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"As far as being idolized by teens, I don't know. It must be some sort of [[DaddysGirl father fixation]]. Or maybe they think I'm just pretty."'']]

--> "There was a sort of horror picture that I did called ''The Mutations''. I think I did that solely for the money. I have six daughters, and they can be quite expensive, so one has to keep working and be able to pay the bills."

* ''Film/LookBAckInAnger'' (1959), as Hurst

* ''Film/CulDeSac1966'', as George

* ''Film/ShadowsAndFog'' (1992) as the Doctor.

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[[caption-width-right:260:''"As far as being idolized by teens, I don't know. It must be some sort of [[DaddysGirl father fixation]]. Or maybe they think I'm just pretty."'']]

Donald Henry Pleasence [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor who was credited in over 200 movie and TV appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. He is the all-time champion in the category BaldOfEvil.

Donald Henry Pleasence [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who was credited in over 200 movie and TV appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. He is the all-time champion in the category BaldOfEvil.

* ''Film/WakeinFright'' (1971), as Clarence "Doc" Tydon

* ''Film/FromBeyondTheGrave'' (1974), as The Proprietor

* ''Film/FromBeyondTheGraxe'' (1974), as The Proprietor

* StockShoutOut: Just about every ''Film/JamesBond'' parody in any medium will base the villain on his version of Blofeld.

Donald Pleasence [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995) was an English actor who was credited in over 200 movie and TV appearances during a career which spanned over four decades. He is the all-time champion in the category BaldOfEvil.

[[caption-width-right:260:''"As far as being idolized by teens, I don't know. It must be some sort of [[DaddysGirl father fixation]]. Or maybe they think [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave I'm just pretty]]."'']]